Didácticas funcionales vs. enseñanza tradicional con clase expositiva en el ámbito universitario

Abstract

Contemporary functional didactics are based on the concept of learning to learn, where the student is the constructor of his own knowledge and the teacher, the tutor who guides this process, unlike the traditional expository class, where the teacher is the only transmitter of knowledge and the student, only a passive receiver who transcribes in his notebook what is explained in class, and then memorizes it and transcribes it in an exam or a final test.Although the foundation on which Contemporary Functional Didactics is based seems easy to carry out, it is not so; that is why there are several didactics that comply with this principle, each of them very different from the others, but with a common factor: the fundamental element is the student and no longer the teacher.Among the best known Contemporary Functional Didactics are: Problem-Based Learning, Research Seminar or German Seminar, Evidence-Based Teaching, Project Method, Tutorial Method, Case Studies, Personalized Teaching, Simulation and Games. Before judging them as good or bad, it is necessary to compare them with traditional teaching, which consists of expository classes, and on this basis, determine the pros and cons of each of them.